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A Palm Springs hotel bartender accused of sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in her room after serving her and her mother drinks for several hours remained in jail on Wednesday after a scheduled court appearance was delayed.

Alejandro Adan, 29, was charged May 2 with assault with intent to commit rape, rape of an unconscious victim, burglary, rape of an intoxicated person, petty theft and other related charges. He remained jailed at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facilityin in Banning with bail set at $1 million.

Adan faces up to life in prison if convicted.

A felony settlement conference appearance was delayed Wednesday at the request of his attorney.

Judge Burke Strunsky granted a request from Adan's lawyer to allow more time to prepare for the conference, which was rescheduled to Aug. 20 at the Larson Justice Center.

Adan was originally arrested March 3, the night of the alleged assault, but he was released on $110,000 bail. He was re-arrested a week after charges were filed in May.

Alejandro Adan, a bartender at the Kimpton Rowan Hotel in Palm Springs, was arrested on March 3 and was due in court Wednesday, July 10, 2019, for a felony settlement conference. He's accused of rape and faces life in prison if convicted.(Photo: Courtesy of Palm Springs Police Department)

According to Palm Springs police, officers responded the night of March 3 to the Rowan Hotel in the 100 block of West Tahquitz Canyon. When they arrived, Adan was found inside the hotel room where the woman was allegedly sexually assaulted, police said.

According to court documents, the woman and her mother were drinking at the hotel's pool from 1 to 4:30 p.m. March 3, with Adan serving them. The mother told Palm springs police the bartender was friendly and flirted with her daughter, and he "asked to see them after work," according to court papers.

Because her daughter was intoxicated, the mother took the woman back to her hotel room, police said.

The alleged victim told authorities she took a shower and fell asleep, and her "next memory was awakening in bed with a male lying behind her," according to court papers.

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Guests arrive at the Kimpton Rowan Palm Springs Hotel in April 2018. A bartender at the hotel is accused of raping an intoxicated woman in her room at the upscale hotel.(Photo: Richard Lui/The Desert Sun)

Authorities claim in court documents that Adan initially went to the adjoining rooms of the woman and her mother to return the alleged victim's wallet, which she claimed to have lost earlier in the day. He allegedly returned two more times and saw the woman's mother leaving the room on his third visit to go meet her husband in the lobby.

When the woman's parents returned, they saw their daughter "wrapped in a towel, crying and yelling a man was in her room," according to court documents.

The parents found Adan in her room "buttoning his shorts and tightening his belt," according to court records. The father stayed with Adan while the mother called police. While waiting for police, Adan was said to have told the father, "I don't know, I totally messed up," court records state.